Simon Newcomb Quotes
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Hacking involves a different way of looking at problems that no one's thought of.
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It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life.
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I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future.
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I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn't a stage mother; she didn't push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.
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Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
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People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
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I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen, the civil servants, the theatres, Moore Street and also, what occupies so large a place in Dublin's life, the literary and artistic.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.
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I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.
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To be 49 years old now and still be called The Kid, that's kind of special.
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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
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If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them.
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I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.
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A movie star is someone who has to open a film to gazillions of dollars. I'm just trying to pay my mortgage.
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I have a fear of things growing on things. I don't know where it came from. But I go hiking a lot, and sometimes I can't handle moss growing on trees or tumors on trees or mushrooms.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.
